If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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There are three movies that I am exceptionally proud of in my life, and I rarely commit to a list of films that I like, that I've made, but these are the three films that I was passionately connected to. The first was "ET," the second "Schindler's List," and third is "Saving Private Ryan". ~Steven Spielberg
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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