Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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