Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs

The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
#quotes #simone-de-beauvoir #age #life

Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #age #honor #youth #nobility

Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
#quotes #louis-d-brandeis #free-speech

A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #prayer

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
#quotes #abraham-maslow #mistakes

The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
#quotes #germaine-greer #women #men #talking

As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #love #home

If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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