All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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