Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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