There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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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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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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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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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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