Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
#quotes #abraham-lincoln #silence

Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
#quotes #rem-koolhaas #architecture #dutch

Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
#quotes #michelle-hunziker #language

I do not want to see perpetual warfare in the Middle East. ~Bernie Sanders
#quotes #bernie-sanders #middle-east #war

I doubt anyone in Hollywood has had more "dates" than me. ~George Hamilton
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
#quotes #gene-tunney #sports

No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
#quotes #richard-owen #nature #charles-darwin

An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Trying to use the power of yoga to improve your life, this is a terrible mistake. Because all you are doing is binding yourself more. You're putting more of your attention into the transient world. ~Frederick Lenz
#quotes #frederick-lenz #yoga #mistakes

I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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