The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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