A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish 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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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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I'm never in the mood to eat or drink when I get to a show. I'm just too nerved out. ~Yelawolf
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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