Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Let me tell you something. For the first time in my adult life, I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback. ~Michelle Obama
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian 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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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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If you care about the people you work with then you work harder. ~Kristine Lilly
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. ~Paulo Coelho
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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To love playthings well as a child, to lead an adventurous and honorable youth, and to settle when the time arrives, into a green and smiling age, is to be a good artis en life and deserve well of yourself and your neighbor. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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