Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week, and we had to satisfy customers, and we had competitors that we had to compete with in order to have those customers come into our stores, and we had to compete with other employers for our employees. ~John Mackey
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German 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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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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