The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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