Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish 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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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic 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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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
#quotes #thorstein-veblen #human

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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