You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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