One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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