A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Artists are always looking for new things and fresh ground and fresh air. If it feels new to me, there's a chance it'll feel new to the audience and we'll have found something. ~Jerry Seinfeld
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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