He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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