A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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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 rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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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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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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