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That part of a work of one author found in another is not of itself piracy, or sufficient to support an action; a man may adopt part of the work of another; he may so make use of another’s labors for the promotion of science and the benefit of the public. – Lord Ellenborough, quoted in Bouvier’s Law Dictionary by John Bouvier, 8th

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Proverbs are the literature of reason. – French Proverb

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I love quotes because good quotes are vitamins for the brain! – Patrick Driessen

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Proverbs are in the world of thought what gold coin is in the world of business—great value in small compass, and equally current among all people. Sometimes the proverb may be false, the coin counterfeit, but in both cases the false proves the value of the true. – Attributed to D. March in A Dictionary of Thoughts: A Cyclopedia of Laconic Quot

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The borrowing is often honest enough, and comes of magnanimity and stoutness. A great man quotes bravely and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Quotation and Originality,” Letters and Social Aims, 1876

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If you dont want to do something, one excuse is as good as another. – Yiddish Proverb

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He is so old that his blood type was discontinued. – Bill Dana

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Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die. – Salvador Dali

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I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldnt just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my moms voice that I came out of my hiding place. – Zhang Ziyi

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