The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination. ~Ric Keller
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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Strong leaders understand that action cures indecision. ~Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish 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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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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