It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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America's great newspapers have staffs that range from 50 percent to 70 percent of what they were just a few years ago. ~Eric Alterman
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English 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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The West is dead; you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. ~Charles Marion Russell
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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