We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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