The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. ~Antoine Rivarol
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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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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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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