Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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