A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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