They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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