When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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