One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't know if I have a legacy, but I will say that I'm proud of the fact that I'm from a small town in a small state and I've had more than a small impact. ~Tinker Hatfield
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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The corporation is an out-of-control Frankenstein. ~Jerry Brown
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. ~Sun Tzu
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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