They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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