A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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We developed during the 1990s a series of budget process rules that helped us bring to heel these deficits, diminishing every year and moving the budget so into surplus. ~John Spratt
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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He who cannot howl will not find his pack. ~Charles Simic
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