I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish 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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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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