As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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Just because I've stopped working doesn't mean that I've stopped being helpful. ~Walter Huston
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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