Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish 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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Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it. ~Richard Dawkins
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen 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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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish 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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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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