It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English 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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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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