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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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quotistHe who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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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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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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randomLead 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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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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