Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Are you the welcoming committee? Or has Jeremy finally chained you up to the front gate where you belong?" "I missed you too. ~Kelley Armstrong
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs. ~Robert Scheer
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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