Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French 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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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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