If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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Every decision you make is a mistake. ~Edward Dahlberg
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't think a movie today that captured all the things that we did in the seventies could come close, because it's like asking to recreate the seventies and the audience sensibilities and that's impossible. ~Paul Michael Glaser
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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