Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English 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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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely related for a brief season that I saw how unexhausted, how almost wholly unimproved, was man's capacity for a divine life. When I remembered what a narrow and finite life I should anon awake to! ~Henry David Thoreau
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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