The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish 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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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish 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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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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