The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish 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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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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