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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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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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quotistI saw a photo of the Svoboda leader, Yatseniuk [Arseniy Yatseniuk, one of Batkivschyna leaders] and Klitschko [Vitali Klitschko, UDAR party leader] together demonstrating the unity of opposition. But I can't imagine that people like Klitschko, who position themselves as Europeans, and Yatseniuk, would willingly shake the hand of a person who in public states that Jews are the main threat to European civilization. Sometimes, while looking for and respecting opposition, we can't recognize it, ~Marek Siwiec
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
#quotes #robert-louis-stevenson #seasons #nature
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
#quotes #marianne-moore #sea