If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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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 harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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