Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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