For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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