A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Everything I say is true. ~Laura Schlessinger
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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