Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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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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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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