The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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