Life is hard; it's harder if you're stupid. ~John Wayne
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust

A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish 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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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
#quotes #melanie-griffith #education #internet #knowledge

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
#quotes #ursula-k-le-guin #music #knowledge #faith

A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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