A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish 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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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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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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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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