From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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I occasionally got called the Rush Limbaugh of Indiana, but most people knew that my style was different. ~Mike Pence
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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