He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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A sensible thanksgiving for mercies received is a mighty prayer in the Spirit of God. It prevails with Him unspeakably. ~John Bunyan
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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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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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