Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese 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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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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