People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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