Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English 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 would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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