Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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You have to take strength from the people that love you and the people that love Barbara and the huge number of expressions of sympathy and compassion and support. That has been extremely moving. ~Ted Olson
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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We were never the family that ordered pizza, and my mom never came home with a bucket of fried chicken. My mom always made home-cooked meals. We always sat down at the dinner table as a family. ~Haylie Duff
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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