An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Rose is famous for grace, advocate is famous for case, horse is famous for race. But you are famous for sweetness on your face.
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish 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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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish 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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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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