Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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