Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #focus

Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
#quotes #thomas-sowell #nuclear #bombing #terrorism

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #self #family

A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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The fight we are in here, make no mistake about it, is a fight of individualism versus collectivism. ~Ayn Rand
#quotes #ayn-rand #mistakes #individual

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
#quotes #len-goodman #airports