No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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For my own style, I love vintage. 60's and 70's are my favorite. I love baby doll dresses and the soft colors. I try to mix a little bit of modern into that; maybe I'll wear it with boots. At my school we wear a uniform, but we have one day a week we can wear whatever we want. ~Elle Fanning
#quotes #elle-fanning #60s #70s #clothing

Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #adversity

He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #love #speaking

One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
#quotes #big-boi #humor

A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #nature #flower

Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
#quotes #mariella-frostrup #children #family

Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #attitude

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
#proverbs #cat

Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #wait

Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
#quotes #h-p-lovecraft #earth #life #pessimism

Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
#quotes #monica-crowley #democrats #earth #politics

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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