A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible. ~Milton Friedman
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Great men simplify great principles and make them easily intelligible to ordinary men ~Tunku Abdul Rahman
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I had a handful of records, but when I was 11 years old, I liked Puccini as much as Little Richard. They both made sense to me. ~Patti Smith
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African 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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