No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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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 man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
#quotes #daphne-guinness #home

A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
#quotes #courtney-b-vance #shakespeare

A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #experience

One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #guidance

Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #human #purpose

Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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