If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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