He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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