How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am getting a little tired of everybody quoting Ronald Reagan. ~Michael Reagan
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
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I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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