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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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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