The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means. ~Adam Sandler
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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