To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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When people don't like themselves very much, they have to make up for it. The classic bully was actually a victim first. ~Tom Hiddleston
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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"Why do you give me cars?" "It's fun," Ranger said. "And it keeps you safe. Do you want to know why keeping you safe is important to me?" "You love me?" "Yes." A sigh inadvertently escaped. "We're really screwed up, aren't we?" "In a very large way," Ranger said. ~Janet Evanovich
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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