The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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