When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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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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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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You know what, Steve Jobs is real nice to me. He lets me be an employee and that's one of the biggest honors of my life. ~Steve Wozniak
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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