I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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