The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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