Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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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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We understand ourselves through stories, by making stories out of our lives. Storytellers give people structure with which they can begin to look at their own lives and try to make sense of them. ~Bill Harley
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no. ~Barack Obama
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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