As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian 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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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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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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