Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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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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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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It is so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything. ~Nicole Miller
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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