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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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quotistVirtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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