Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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