A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian 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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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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