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How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas faced by the male species, but they sure have a bizarre habit of being bedfellowsAlex Morritt
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You look somewhere else, then you see something different and so your journey for wisdom starts! Wise man’s mind is the mind looking at everywhere!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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A wise man is humble, knowing he actually doesn't know much.Eraldo Banovac
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You can't be jealous of someone else's results. You don't know the prayer, process, sacrifice, and work they endured for it.Germany Kent
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Nobody but you have to believe in your dreams to make them a reality.Germany Kent
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A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.Eraldo Banovac
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If you want to shine, sit before a lamp; if you want to shine brighter, sit before a fire; but if you want to shine the brightest, sit before a sage.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Building castles in the air is only wise if you build a ladder to reach them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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To learn how to swim, observe fish; how to hunt, observe lions; how to work, observe bees, and how to live, observe sages.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Follow the river to reach the sea; follow the sea to reach the ocean. And finally follow the ocean to reach the wisdom! As long as you target beyond of the beyond, you will reach the very beyond!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Wisdom at the mountain-foot sees farther than intelligence at the mountaintop.Matshona Dhliwayo
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People think that whatever comes out of the mouth of a wise man is the choicest gem, sometime it's utter stupidity and rubbishBangambiki Habyarimana
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A few hours spent reading a book is better than a lifetime of ignorance.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Fall from ignorance, and you will rise to reason.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A cat may have nine lives, but a wise person has a hundred.Matshona Dhliwayo
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When a wolf is hungry it befriends sheep.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Light poured out multiplies light poured in.Matshona Dhliwayo
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God created sages because He wanted to leave the light on in the universe.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Folly plots a fool's death from the moment they become friends. Wisdom bestows blessings upon a wise man from the moment they wed.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A wise man's sorrow is better than a fool's happiness.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A wise man is closer to God than a fool will ever be to himself.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Liars corrupt knowledge, and fools pervert wisdom, but the wise hallow both. Knowledge holds the truth.Matshona Dhliwayo
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What the wise see eyes closed is greater than what the ignorant see both eyes open.Matshona Dhliwayo
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True freedom is in not having a master, but in making the master your slaveBangambiki Habyarimana
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If you think you can't, you're wrong and rightBangambiki Habyarimana
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We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our heroBangambiki Habyarimana
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True understanding lies beyond the desertBangambiki Habyarimana
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Keeping hatred against someone is like helping him to torture youBangambiki Habyarimana
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You are what you believeBangambiki Habyarimana
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Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire itBangambiki Habyarimana
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A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from themBangambiki Habyarimana
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If there is no reward, there is no reason to runBangambiki Habyarimana
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Know the laws before you break themBangambiki Habyarimana
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Please others and you please yourselfBangambiki Habyarimana
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Calm is the best revengeBangambiki Habyarimana
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Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sexBangambiki Habyarimana
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You can have some, but not all. Wanting to have it all is a sure recipe for disasterBangambiki Habyarimana
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If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hardBangambiki Habyarimana
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It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strongBangambiki Habyarimana
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It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us greatBangambiki Habyarimana
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Even if you are not evil, pretend to be. It will put off some abuseBangambiki Habyarimana
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The hardest thing is a man to truly know himselfBangambiki Habyarimana
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Life is a sweet sour adventure. When you want to go it becomes sweet, when you remain, it becomes sourBangambiki Habyarimana
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The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pitBangambiki Habyarimana
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Forget about the great astounding victory. Focus on winning small victories every day, the final victory will come by itselfBangambiki Habyarimana
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You cannot skip the beginning and hope to reach the end. You will fall as soon as you get thereBangambiki Habyarimana
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The greatest wisdom is to be happyBangambiki Habyarimana
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I think it is a wise person who does not answer the door to uninvited police officers. Who knows what kind of crazy person could be standing there with a loaded gun!Steven Magee
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Moses Luzzatto always said to be patient during the hard times, that they would have to endure and make sacrifices while they waited for better times to come. He urged Simone and the other Jewish boys not to provoke the Venetians, saying they should remain separate and focus on their work. He said their traditions were crucial to their identity, just as they were for their fathers before them.Riccardo Bruni
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Can you see a serene island in the middle of a stormy ocean? And the wise man is that calm island!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Wisdom is to internalise the experiences of other things, of everything! By observing the birds, you internalise the wisdom of the birds; by observing the Moon, you internalise the wisdom of the Moon! Wisdom is a process of adding the experiences of the universe to our minds!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Wise man is a wing; stupid man is a hole! You meet a wise man, you rise, you meet a stupid man, and you fall!Mehmet Murat Ildan
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Sages shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.Matshona Dhliwayo
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A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions — he observes, analyzes and contemplates.Eraldo Banovac
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The enlightened worry less than others, quarrel less than others, fight less than others, transgress less than others;care more than others, give more than others, and love more than others.Matshona Dhliwayo
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Greater than a sage is the one who taught him; God is the teacher, and the wise are all His students.Matshona Dhliwayo