Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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You know, if you don't do nothin, you don't do nothin. ~Arthur Godfrey
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin 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
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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