We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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To be a team, you must be a family. ~Don Meyer
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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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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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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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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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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