Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese 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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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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