Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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