It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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proverbiosThe right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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You can undo a lot of things. If you're not happy, you can become happy. Happiness is a choice. That's the thing I really feel. ~Jennifer Aniston
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. ~Teri Hatcher
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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