Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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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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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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