Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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Do not try and save yourself. The self that is trying to be saved is not you. ~Mooji
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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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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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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