Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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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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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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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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