The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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