A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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