Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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