One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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