The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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I am horrible at remembering names, embarrassingly bad. ~Sam Trammell
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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