A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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