It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ~William Hazlitt
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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One thing I like about Twitter is that you can hear it from the horse's mouth. ~Big Boi
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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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