The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese 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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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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