Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. ~Jane Austen
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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