A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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