Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Hopes are always accompanied by fears, and, in scientific research, the fears are liable to become dominant. ~Paul Dirac
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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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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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