Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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