In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English 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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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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I invented the cordless extension cord. ~Steven Wright
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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