A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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