Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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While we teach, we learn. ~Seneca
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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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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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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