We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish 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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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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