An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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