The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Weep now, but tomorrow be strong. Remember who we are and that whatever else is taken from us, they will never strip our honour and our pride. ~Elizabeth Chadwick
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are. ~Norman Vincent Peale
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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