If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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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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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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