Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German 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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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic 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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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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