Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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