Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Any fiction is bound to be transposed autobiography. ~Elizabeth Bowen
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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