It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~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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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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