When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish 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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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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