It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is one catagory of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in Presidential elections. ~David Ogilvy
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I started off writing TV adverts. I saw those as rehearsals for a feature film. ~Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work. ~Bill Murray
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen 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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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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