If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~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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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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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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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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