Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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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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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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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
#message #cute

She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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