Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm very independent. ~Kate Bosworth
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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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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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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To create worry humans elongate fear with anticipation and memory, expand it in imagination and fuel it with emotion. The uniquely human mental process called worrying depends upon having a brain that can reason, remember, reflect, feel, and imagine. Only humans have a brain big enough to do this simultaneously and do it well. ~Edward Hallowell
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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