Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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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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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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