A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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I like to play music; play guitar; I love that. Play some golf in the summer. Just relax, enjoy the summer. That's nice. ~Henrik Lundqvist
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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