Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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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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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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