God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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