How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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