A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #king #reality

"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
#quotes #jason-reitman #writing #movies #reality

The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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A lot of people are simply interested in exploring their own spirituality, their own values, who they are, whether they're happy where they are. ~James Redfield
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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