We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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I always give a lot of credit to Ronnie Dunn for making me fall in love with country music. ~Brett Eldredge
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Clothes are my drug. I love Camden market, I have so many vintage pieces from there it is unbelievable. Clothes are really important to me, they give me that feeling of happiness. I love being a bit free with it all and not giving myself rules. ~Kaya Scodelario
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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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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German 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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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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