They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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I have very interesting hobbies like archeology and photography. ~Bill Wyman
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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I am still me even after all that has happened. ~Victoria Beckham
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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