"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine. ~James Mooney
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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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 hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. ~Haile Gebrselassie
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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