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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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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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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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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You can't, Brooke, you can't leave. You're mine. ~Katy Evans
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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