Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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