Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. ~Mitch Lasky
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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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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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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