What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish 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 fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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