When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian 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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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 people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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I have a string of competitiveness in me. It's really strange cause it's not something that I would even expect myself to have, but every now and then it kinda sneaks out, you know. ~Hunter Hayes
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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