Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not. ~Jane Austen
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese 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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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