Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after. ~Peter Stuyvesant
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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