A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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