The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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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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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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