Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I had been up all night inventing the Camcorder. ~Al Gore
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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We should constantly be aspiring to reach higher and higher and higher. We should never be comfortable where we are. ~Lauryn Hill
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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