One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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