He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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