A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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