The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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