A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
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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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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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