Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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