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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbios
When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #philosophical
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
#quotes #oprah-winfrey #motivation
quotistHer last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
#quotes #philip-pullman #life #trust
A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
#proverbs #scottish-proverbs #idleness #procrastination
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #trust
A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
#quotes #melina-marchetta #men #common-sense #speaking
May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #prayer
Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
#quotes #sharon-stone #failure #health #marriage
It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #knowledge #speaking
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
#proverbs #roman-proverbs #power
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
#quotes #mark-leyner #happiness