A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process. ~Abdallah II of Jordan
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #memories #personality

Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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