A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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