Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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