An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Most clients expect experience design to be a discrete activity, solving all their problems with a single functional specification or a single research study. It must be an ongoing effort, a process of continually learning about users, responding to their behaviors, and evolving the product or service. ~Dan Brown
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
#quotes #thomas-jefferson #freedom #government
I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
#quotes #paul-merton #teaching
Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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