We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish 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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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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