The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi 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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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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