Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Places are fragmentary and inward-turning histories, pasts that others are not allowed to read, accumulated times that can be unfolded but like stories held in reserve, remaining in an enigmatic state, symbolizations encysted in the pain or pleasure of he body. "I feel good here": the well-being under-expressed in the language it appears in like a fleeting glimmer is a spatial practice. ~Michel de Certeau
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Speed is a great asset; but it's greater when it's combined with quickness; and there is a big difference. ~Ty Cobb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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