We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish 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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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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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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I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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