Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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I don't know where I come from but I am here now so deal with it. ~Gary Busey
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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