If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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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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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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