He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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