They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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