A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese 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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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
#quotes #patricia-marx #weeping #stupidity

Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed. ~William Faulkner
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One person's craziness is another person's reality. ~Tim Burton
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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On mobile, what are the core apps? It's basically messaging, mapping and review data. ~Jeremy Stoppelman
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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