Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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