The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic 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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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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