When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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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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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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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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The goal is to keep having fun. Not let that pressure get to me and still be Missy. ~Missy Franklin
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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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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