A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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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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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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