A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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If you want to know how much I miss you, try to catch rain drops. The ones you catch is how much you miss me, and the ones you miss is how much I miss you.
#love #romance #cute

A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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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
#quotes #david-ives #writing #comedy

Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
#quotes #henry-paulson #economy #united-states #china