Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, "What is real?" Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power, that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. ~Philip K. Dick
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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