Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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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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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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"He's just a little unbalanced and lonely." He put his arms around my waist, frowning. "Can't he be lonely and unbalanced around someone else's girlfriend?" "I'll suggest it. ~Kiersten White
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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