At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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That's the fun thing about making movies is that you get to do stuff. You get to be things, say things that you're not, kind of walk in someone else's shoes and play dress up and make believe. It's pretty cool. ~Mark Webber
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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