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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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proverbiosThe moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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