"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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The recognition of the art that informs all pure science need not mean the abandonment for it of all present art, rather it will mean the completion of the transformation of art that has already begun. ~John Desmond Bernal
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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