Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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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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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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