People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death is just life's next big adventure. ~J. K. Rowling
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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I love performing and having people hear my music more that anything. ~Britney Spears
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People say, "Don't you get tired of people coming up to you all the time?" But what's wrong with strangers saying they love you? ~John C. Reilly
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Talk to me when I am bored. Be with me when I am sad. Hug me when i cry. Care for me when I am sick. Don't ever cry for me when I die! Just treasure me when I am alive.
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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