A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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I feel very strongly that the Democratic Party has, in the past, been the party of the future. I think when you look at Social Security and Medicare, when you look at the civil rights movement, the women's movement, I think the Democratic Party has always been in the forefront of change. ~Richard Lamm
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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