A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese 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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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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