A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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