A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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In life, sometimes everything falls into place, and sometimes everything just falls to pieces. The key is to begin creating with these fallen pieces. By improvising, you will create something magical that might be the best thing you have ever accomplished. ~Tori Amos
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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