All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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