Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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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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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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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 poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian 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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