When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese 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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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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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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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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