All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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There is no shop, book, or person, that gives you confidence; it comes through reconnecting with your true authentic self. ~Ralph Smart
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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It always surprised me that I was getting acting work. ~Mary Lynn Rajskub
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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