The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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