It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish Proverb
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