Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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There ain't no good guys, there ain't no bad guys, there's only you and me, and we just disagree. ~Dave Mason
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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