One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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