Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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All the prayers in the Scripture you will find to be reasoning with God, not a multitude of words heaped together. ~Stephen Charnock
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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Friends, near or far, are important to us. All of ours have an awareness of other persons' feelings, a courtesy that's inevitable. When I find that consideration in a fan, I'm immediately impressed. ~Kent McCord
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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