He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive. ~George Santayana
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African 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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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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