Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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There is very little difference between one person and another, but what little difference there is, is very important. ~William James
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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