I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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People have to be free to investigate computer security. People have to be free to look for the vulnerabilities and create proof of concept code to show that they are true vulnerabilities in order for us to secure our systems. ~Edward Snowden
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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