Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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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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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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