Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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