It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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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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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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I enjoyed my life when I had nothing. and kinda like the idea of just being happy with me. ~Joey Ramone
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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