But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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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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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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You have got to have a problem that you want to solve, a wrong that you want to right. ~Steve Jobs
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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