Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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Science is not about what is true or what might be true, science is about what people with originally diverse viewpoints can be forced to believe by the weight of public evidence. ~Lee Smolin
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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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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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