When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases. ~Ron Kind
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~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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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen 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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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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