Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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What bothers most critics of my work is the goofiness. One reviewer said I need to make up my mind if want to be funny or serious. My response is that I will make up my mind when God does, because life is a commingling of the sacred and the profane, good and evil. To try and separate them is fallacy. ~Tom Robbins
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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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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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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