An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's hard to imagine that our love is a story with an end. But you know, at least I'm getting some really good songs out of it ~Miley Cyrus
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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