I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch 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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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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