A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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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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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French 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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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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