A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Mulling this over, Vlad wiped her lip gloss from his lips with the back of his hand. Vampires, after all, didn't sparkle. ~Heather Brewer
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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It is my belief that cooking is a craft. I think that you can push it into the realm of art, but it starts with craft. It starts with an understanding of materials. It starts with an understanding of where foods are grown. ~Tom Colicchio
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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