For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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