Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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I have a folder of scraps and pieces of paper with stuff, ideas for songs from the last 25 years; just little things, maybe early songs that I finished, but didn't think they were good enough. ~Lucinda Williams
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time, they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn. ~Thomas Friedman
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. ~Jim Jeffords
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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