I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

Proverbs

"Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.

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Facts

"Ahu" are stone platforms on which many moai sit. There are 313 known ahu and 125 of these carry moai. The biggest, Ahu Tongariki is 220 m (720 ft), and had the most (15) and tallest moai.

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Proverbs

"All freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.

German Proverb

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freight , said , he , threw , his

Facts

"All science is either physics or stamp collecting."

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science , either , physics

Proverbs

"Almost a hit," said the boy as he threw the stone at his dog and hit his stepmother's leg.

Danish Proverb

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Proverbs

"Almost" and "About" prevent lying.

French Proverb

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Proverbs

"Almost" never killed a fly.

English Proverb

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never , fly

Proverbs

"An egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.

German Proverb

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egg , said , he , took

Facts

"Android" is gender specific.

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Facts

"Ascension Thursday" is 40 days after Easter and is when Christ was said to have ascended to heaven.

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Proverbs

"Away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.

German Proverb

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Proverbs

"Bad company," said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.

Dutch Proverb

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said , he , between , hangman

Proverbs

"But" is a fence over which few leap.

German proverb

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fence , over , which , few

Proverbs

"Come and I'll tell you something," tickles the ear.

African Proverb

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tell , you

Proverbs

"Come see me" and "Come live with me" are two different things.

Virgin Islander Proverb

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see , live , two , different

Proverbs

Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.

Italian Proverb

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below , navel , neither , religion , nor

Proverbs

A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.

English Proverb

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clear , conscience , laughs , false

Proverbs

The winner has many friends, the loser has good friends.

Mongolian Proverb

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winner , many , loser , good

Proverbs

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.

Common Proverb

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tongue , long , enough , cut , his

Quotes

Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.

Rabindranath Tagore

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time , wealth , clock , parody , makes

Proverbs

When the sky falls we'll all catch larks.

Irish Proverb

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sky , falls , catch

Proverbs

He that is warm thinks all so.

English Proverb

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he , warm , thinks

Proverbs

Silence was never written down.

Italian Proverb

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silence , never , written

Proverbs

If you would shoot a general, shoot his horse first.

Japanese Proverb

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With money, a dragon - without it, a worm.

Chinese Proverb

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dragon , without

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Silence is the voice of complicity.

Latin Proverb

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silence , voice

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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.

Spanish Proverb

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rejoice , mine , old , yours , will

Proverbs

If the mountain won't come to mohammed, mohammed must go to the mountain.

English proverb

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mountain , come , mohammed , must , go

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Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes.

Chinese Proverb

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before , telling , secrets , look , bushes

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The eye that sees all things else, sees not itself.

Bulgarian Proverb

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I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

– Dwight D. Eisenhower –

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