As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish 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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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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