Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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