If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African 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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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese 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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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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