People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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Sometimes we are devils to ourselves. When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency. ~William Shakespeare
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence. ~Jay Duplass
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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