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
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Her 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
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish 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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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese 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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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
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