You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~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 half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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