Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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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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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian 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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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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