One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, "What is real?" Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power, that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. ~Philip K. Dick
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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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 wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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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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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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