We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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