About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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I've been taking my time now between projects looking for stuff that has a little bit more substance, that isn't surface. Some of the films that I've done in the past really were surface ~Christian Slater
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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