I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Will is stronger than fact; it can mold and overcome fact. ~H. G. Wells
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I'm with a man, is that going to prevent me from achieving my goal? What sacrifices will I have to make in terms of being myself, if I'm with a man? Something that young women find out really quickly is that when you start dating, all of a sudden you're supposed to have a role. You're not allowed to just be yourself. ~Candance Bushnell
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it. ~Donald Davis
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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