We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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But the soul of touring and the heart of it is basically every day is like putting up a circus tent. ~Pat Benatar
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese 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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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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