An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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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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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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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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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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But we'd never really seen eye to eye. Mostly 'cause he was much taller than I was. ~Darynda Jones
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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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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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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