To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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I never really thought about becoming a professional musician. ~John Mayall
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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