Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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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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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin 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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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal. ~Eoin Colfer
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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