Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage and I've seen you turn out in record numbers. I've heard your voices amplified by creativity and a digital fluency that those of us in older generations can barely comprehend. I've seen a generation eager, impatient even, to step into the rushing waters of history and change its course. ~Barack Obama
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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