The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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