Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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Official education was telling people almost nothing of the nature of all those things on the seashores, and in the redwood forests, in the deserts and in the plains. ~Gregory Bateson
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Give me a lead of 14-0 at halftime and I will dictate the final score. ~Frank Leahy
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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