A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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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 good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English 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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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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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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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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