Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian 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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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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