Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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