For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish 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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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Humanitarian convictions are the linchpins of our salvation, and these an artist must champion. ~Eric Maisel
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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