Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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