All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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