Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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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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Romania is an interesting place because I think it has been abused, on so many different levels. ~Kiefer Sutherland
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen 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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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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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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