Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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