The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese 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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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish 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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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese 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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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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