An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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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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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish 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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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian 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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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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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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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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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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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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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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