It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
#quotes #john-gibson-paton #god

He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
#quotes #melina-marchetta #men #common-sense #speaking

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole. ~Peter Thiel
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