Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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