The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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