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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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German 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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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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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish 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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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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