When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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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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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese 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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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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