He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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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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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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