The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian 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 bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
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Your competitive advantage must be perceivable, promotable, and something the market will pay for. ~Brian Tracy
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose. ~Warren Christopher
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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