A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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