Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Search engine marketing and search engine optimization are critically important to online businesses. You can spend every penny you have on a website, but it will all be for nothing if nobody knows your site is there. ~Marc Ostrofsky
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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