Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic 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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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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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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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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