A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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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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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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If you didn't watch "The Shield," you should stop everything you are doing and go back and watch "The Shield." ~Timothy Simons
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like. ~George McGovern
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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