In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid. ~Rafael Nadal
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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