The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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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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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth. ~Ted Williams
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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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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Luckily, the public school system that I was in had a really great drama program, so I plunged into that. It really sort of kept me afloat because I was bored in school. ~Allison Scagliotti
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Psychologists maintain that the dizzy feeling of intense romantic love lasts only about 18 months to at best three years. ~Helen Fisher
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