It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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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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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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