What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English 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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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
#proverbs #love

Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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