Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story. ~David Morse
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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I've had a fairy tale life. I had a perfect family, a beautiful childhood, an incredible upbringing. I lived a lot of life but a lot of good life. ~John Stamos
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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