There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin 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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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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