Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
#quotes #heidi-baker #god #compassion

Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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You have the gift of a brilliant internal guardian that stands ready to warn you of hazards and guide you through risky situations. ~Gavin de Becker
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
#quotes #richard-owen #nature #charles-darwin

Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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