The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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In a game like football, where you have very little time to decide what you are going to do, you have to react almost instinctively, naturally. ~Vince Lombardi
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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