You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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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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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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