Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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