I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography. ~Bill Wyman
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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