Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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