Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen 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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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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