A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African 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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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all. ~Nancy Sinatra
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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