Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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A handful of patience is worth a bushel of brains. ~Hobart Brown
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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