Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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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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I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. ~Naveen Jain
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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