Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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