That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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As we continue to fight the war on terror, we express our gratitude to our troops whose valor over the last three years provided freedom to the Iraqis, while protecting our liberty here at home. ~Tim Murphy
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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