When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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You know, when you start, especially with me, I did not really know I was going to be a movie actress. I thought I was going to do theater. ~Ludivine Sagnier
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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