The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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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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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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