The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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