Was awakened in the night to a strain of music dying away, passing travellers singing. My being was so expanded and infinitely and divinely related for a brief season that I saw how unexhausted, how almost wholly unimproved, was man's capacity for a divine life. When I remembered what a narrow and finite life I should anon awake to! ~Henry David Thoreau
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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