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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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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