We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish 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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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African 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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Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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