Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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The basic philosophy of stoicism is that you have nothing real external to your own consciousness, that the only thing real is in fact your consciousness. ~Roger Avary
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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If we are to perpetuate the state, we must not only produce citizens, but good citizens; men and women of sound bodies, clear minds and clean souls. ~Arthur Capper
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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