I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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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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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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I like acting and things when I like the writing. If I don't like the writing, I don't like acting. I think in some ways everything starts for me from the place of writing. ~Greta Gerwig
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Eating people is wrong. ~Michael Flanders
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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