Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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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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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian 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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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic 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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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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