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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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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