Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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