People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French 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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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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