The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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