The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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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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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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