A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosLove enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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quotistPraise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to. ~Lou Brock
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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