My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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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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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan 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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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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