Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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I dream about people who do not need to have sex to know they love each other. ~Carol Rifka Brunt
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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