An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do. ~Simon Sinek
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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I have a collection of 50-plus snapback hats. ~James Harden
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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