Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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