Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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I got into real estate very much by accident. ~Jeff Greene
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian 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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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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