I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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I race in two or three classic races a year and I may carry on for 10 more years or I may stop tomorrow. ~Barry Sheene
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Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom. ~Don Henley
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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