To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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There have been a couple of jobs I have done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink. ~Clancy Brown
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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