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It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it. -- Latin proverb
It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.
-- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap. ix...
It is the person who is blind to what goes on around him that is most surprised when the same things happen to him.
-- M. Thompso...
It is the pleasure of reward rather than the pain of punishment that motivates people.
It is the "pon farr" -- the time of mating.
...it is the privilege of fools to speak the truth without giving offense. -- Erasmu
It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
-- Oliver Wendell Holme...
It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters.
-- Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C. - A.D. 65)...
It is thermodynamically impossible to stuff a genie back into a bottle.
It is the sick oyster which possesses the pearl. -- J. A. Shedd "Salt From My Attic

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