All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English 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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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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I am going to embarrass myself. I have accepted that fact, and that is just how it is going to be. ~Jen Lancaster
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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