The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Gardening is a humbling experience. ~Martha Stewart
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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