All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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All of the good, weird stories I've written are based on things I've dredged out of my subconscious. That's the real stuff. Everything else is fake. ~Ray Bradbury
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Braniac dumb-dumbs, bust the scientifical.
Approach to the course and the force is centrifugal. Can you find your way through the lyrics that be catching them? Throw another rhyme across the room, they be fetching them. ~Masta Ace
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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