proverbiosA society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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If I want my people to be free, Americans have to be free. ~Russell Means
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quotistLead 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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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English 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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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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