You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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