The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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But one of the amazing things about documentary is that you can remake it every time you make one. There is no rule about how a documentary film has to be made. ~Errol Morris
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Lawlessness is a self-perpetuating, ever-expanding habit. ~Dorothy Thompson
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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