Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me. ~Anna Kournikova
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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