A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to. ~Carol Plum Ucci
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese 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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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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