At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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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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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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You would think that Freddy Couples' Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time. ~Fuzzy Zoeller
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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