Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
#quotes #matthew-arnold

In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
#quotes #james-fenton #english

Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
#quotes #robert-tisserand #aromatherapy

A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
#quotes #jane-austen #health #london #england

Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
#quotes #vicky-mcclure #england #method

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #books

A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese 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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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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