I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
#quotes #nancy-travis #zoo

Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
#quotes #vasco-ronchi #world

What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
#quotes #harry-a-blackmun #individual

There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
#quotes #john-gibson-paton #god

Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times. Many times in history there has been complete disagreement between the two branches of the Government, and in these disagreements sometimes the Congress has won and sometimes the President has won. But during the administration of the present President we have had neither agreement nor a clear-cut battle. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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