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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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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I don't mean to imply that we are in imminent danger of being wiped off the face of the earth; at least, not on account of global warming. But climate change does confront us with profound new realities. We face these new realities as a nation, as members of the world community, as consumers, as producers, and as investors. And unless we do a better job of adjusting to these new realities, we will pay a heavy price. We may not suffer the fate of the dinosaurs. But there will be a toll on our environment and on our economy, and the toll will rise higher with each new generation. ~Eileen Claussen
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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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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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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