The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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It is extraordinary how inventive one can be with ethanol right now. ~Daniel Yergin
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I am a big horror fan. I am a genre fan. I like to make these movies. They're my favorite kinds of movies to make. ~Amber Heard
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens. ~Woody Allen
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
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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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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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