Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Independence in the end is the fruit of injustice. ~Voltaire
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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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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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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