Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish 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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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese 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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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 narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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