Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Did you see Howard Dean ranting and raving? Here is a little tip Howard; cut back on the Red Bull. ~David Letterman
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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