I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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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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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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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 man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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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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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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