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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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~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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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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