Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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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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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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I agree to, or rather aspire to, my doom. ~Pierre Corneille
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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I was sitting in the back room by myself when someone came in and said, "Mr. Zimmer, I have to take you down to the make up room." I told them that if anyone can help this face they deserve a bonus. ~Don Zimmer
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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