For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. ~Coco Chanel
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