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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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quotistFire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant. ~Raghav Bahl
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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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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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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