My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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