Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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All the stars that never were, are parking cars and pumping gas. ~Dionne Warwick
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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