"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
#proverbs #gambling

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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