A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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