A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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