One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home. ~Harold B. Lee
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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