There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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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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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means. ~Gerry Adams
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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