For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Carved with figures strange and sweet, All made out of the carver's brain. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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