Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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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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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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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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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the state senate. This country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. ~John Barrasso
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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