The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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