You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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It is objective evaluations that give our hardwiring principles teeth and drive the organization toward results that last. ~Quint Studer
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I'm happy that I was able to experience a normal life besides show business, because it gives you something to draw from. ~Ashley Tisdale
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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