I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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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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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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I definitely have two Olympics in me; I don't know about three Olympics. ~Gracie Gold
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Lovely message for a lovely person, from lovely friend, for a lovely reason, at a lovely time, from a lovely mind, in a lovely mood, in a lovely style, to wish you; have a lovely birthday...
#birthday #cute

The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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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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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm a drama nerd. ~Luke Kirby
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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