The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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In Mallrats, you pretty much don't see him sell any weed, really. I don't consider him a big dealer. ~Jason Mewes
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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