There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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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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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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I am usually called upon to play the dreary suicidal girl. ~Hope Davis
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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