Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love steakhouses. When I'm in Chicago, I know there is a Gibsons that's open late. 13 Coins at Sea-Tac Airport in Washington is a gourmet restaurant I love. ~Triple H
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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His rod reversed, and backward mutters of dissevering power. ~John Milton
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