You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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