Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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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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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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