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• …for when men labor they keep out of mischief. You remember the old proverb--An idle mind is the Devils workshop... George Q. Cannon
  Author: George Q. Cannon Quotes

  Keywords: an :: …for :: devils :: idle :: is :: keep :: labor :: men :: mind :: mischief :: of :: old :: out :: proverb :: remember :: the :: they :: when :: workshop :: you

  Subject: Idleness Quotes :: Work Ethic Quotes

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• I do not know what `moss` stands for in the proverb, but if it stood for useful knowledge... I gathered more moss by rolling than I ever did at school." Ernest Shakleton
  Author: Ernest Shakleton Quotes

  Keywords: at :: but :: by :: did :: do :: ever :: for :: gathered :: if :: in :: it :: know :: knowledge :: more :: moss :: not :: proverb :: rolling :: school :: stands :: stood :: than :: the :: useful :: what

  Subject: School Quotes

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• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Per... Calvin Coolidge
  Author: Calvin Coolidge Quotes

  Keywords: almost :: can :: common :: derelicts :: educated :: education :: full :: genius :: in :: is :: more :: not :: nothing :: of :: people :: persistenc :: persistence :: place :: proverb :: take :: talent :: than :: the :: this :: unrewarded :: unsuccessful :: will :: with :: world

  Subject: Determination Quotes :: Perseverance Quotes :: Persistence Quotes :: Talent Quotes

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• Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you`ve watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you. Aminuddin Taib
  Author: Aminuddin Taib Quotes

  Keywords: applied :: apply :: friend :: has :: him :: his :: it :: life :: no :: or :: own :: particular :: power :: proverb :: relative :: sway :: the :: to :: until :: ve :: watched :: you :: your

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• Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you`ve watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you. Aminuddin Taib
  Author: Aminuddin Taib Quotes

  Keywords: applied :: apply :: friend :: has :: him :: his :: it :: life :: no :: or :: own :: particular :: power :: proverb :: relative :: sway :: the :: to :: until :: ve :: watched :: you :: your

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• It`s the old proverb: `It is better to give than to receive.` Without knowing it, I had brought along all I needed to survive. Ethan Zohn
  Author: Ethan Zohn Quotes

  Keywords: all :: along :: better :: brought :: give :: had :: is :: it :: knowing :: needed :: old :: proverb :: receive :: survive :: than :: the :: to :: without

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• For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don`t even know that they`re leaders. Bill Bradley
  Author: Bill Bradley Quotes

  Keywords: and :: are :: at :: chinese :: don :: even :: for :: four :: hate :: kinds :: know :: laugh :: leaders :: long :: love :: of :: operated :: proverb :: re :: that :: the :: there :: they :: those :: time :: under :: who :: you

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• A proverb is good sense brought to a point. Alister Hardy
  Author: Alister Hardy Quotes

  Keywords: brought :: good :: is :: point :: proverb :: sense :: to

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• Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persist... Calvin Coolidge
  Author: Calvin Coolidge Quotes

  Keywords: almost :: an :: can :: common :: derelicts :: educated :: education :: full :: genius :: in :: is :: men :: more :: not :: nothing :: of :: persistence :: place :: proverb :: take :: talent :: than :: the :: unrewarded :: unsuccessful :: will :: with :: world

  Subject: Persistence Quotes

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• As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like." Cicero
  Author: Cicero Quotes

  Keywords: as :: consorts :: like :: old :: proverb :: readily :: says :: the :: with

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• A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. John Russell
  Author: John Russell Quotes

  Keywords: and :: is :: many :: of :: one :: proverb :: the :: wisdom :: wit

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