Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French 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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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go. ~Galileo Galilei
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I think I might like to try film again just as an experiment, but I know that I could never do the mainstream thing again. ~Mara Wilson
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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For eight years Republicans worked around the clock to delegitimize Bill Clinton. For the next eight years, Democrats tried to delegitimize Bush. Now Barack Obama is enduring the rage of his conservative opposition. ~Joe Scarborough
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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