Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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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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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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You have to believe in love stories and prince charming and that eventually you'll find your own happily ever after. ~Taylor Swift
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun. ~Hafez
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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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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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
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