Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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