The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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