Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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By keeping most tax rates at present levels, Obama and the Democrats will claim that they have championed tax cuts for the middle class. ~John Podhoretz
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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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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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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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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