The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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It is amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you are no longer president. ~George H. W. Bush
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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