He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese 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 main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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