A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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