In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Long-term relationships are an everyday choice. It is harder to be in a marriage than it is to bounce from one relationship to the next. ~Pink
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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