Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to. ~Martin Luther
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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If the stock goes down we want to buy more. ~Walter Schloss
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Yeah, I think there are a lot of things about Cleveland that I miss. Los Angeles is a funny place to live. ~Monica Potter
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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