Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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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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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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