Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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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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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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