Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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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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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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