Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Conservatives brayed that government should stay out of the private sector; liberals bleated for nationalizing the banks. ~Steven Rattner
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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