A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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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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