A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Empathy is even better than talking in one language. ~Rumi
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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