Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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I have had a few people recognise me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognise me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. ~Bonnie Wright
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish 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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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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