If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy 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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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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