The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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