Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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