I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ~Anna Kournikova
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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