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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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you catch none. ~Confucius
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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