The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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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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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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