A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't trust a lot of journalists. ~Calvin Klein
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Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences. ~Terence McKenna
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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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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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Gratitude makes things right. ~Melody Beattie
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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