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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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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