It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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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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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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