A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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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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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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