If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch 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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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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