Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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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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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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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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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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