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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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav 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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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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