All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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We had been busy building up fibre infrastructure under the ground in Hong Kong and underneath the homes of people, so when we launched IPTV, it was relatively smoother sailing than in other territories. ~Richard Li
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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