Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin 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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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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