Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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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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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every place where I played or managed is special to me because of the memories and the friendships that each afforded me. ~Joe Torre
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