What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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It is my object, in the following work, to travel over ground which has as yet been little explored and to make my reader acquainted with a species of Remains, which, though absolutely necessary for understanding the history of the globe, have been hitherto almost uniformly neglected. ~Georges Cuvier
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me ~Ray LaMontagne
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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