The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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