We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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