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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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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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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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proverbiosA fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone. ~Prabal Gurung
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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