Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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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
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books

She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
#quotes #sabrina-jeffries #love

The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
#quotes #shel-silverstein #sisters

We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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