Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
#quotes #patricia-marx #weeping #stupidity

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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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish 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 not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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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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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
#quotes #andrea-gibson #sorrow