Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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