To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Children see things very well sometimes, and idealists even better. ~Lorraine Hansberry
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