I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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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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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish 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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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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