The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese 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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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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I have been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the no-fly zone. ~Philippe Perrin
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All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped. ~Edward Snowden
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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