Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The advantage we have as Americans is that we can be fair; we tend to be more open-minded about different styles of wine. ~Robert M. Parker
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Just the type of music that was around at the same time as I was writing. Some of it was wicked, definitely. But there was just one direction which I thought could be pushed that no one was pushing. ~Tom Jenkinson
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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The thing I always say to people is this: "If you avoid failure, you also avoid success." ~Robert Kiyosaki
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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