I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ~Stephen Chbosky
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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