When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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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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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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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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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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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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Let's be very clear, if you check the F.E.C. records you will see I am supporting George W. Bush. ~Roger Stone
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Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle. ~Edmond About
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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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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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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