I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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