The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen 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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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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