Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic 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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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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