Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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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 bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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