It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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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 hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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