A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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