To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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