When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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As spokesman for Lipitor, I have been an advocate of preventive medicine in addition to my work with the Jarvik 2000 Heart, which has rescued people from death and sustained a patient with a normal, mobile lifestyle for seven and a half years; the longest in the world. ~Robert Jarvik
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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