A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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