Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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To eat off another man's plate. [To live on another's expense.] ~Juvenal
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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Are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love? ~Cecelia Ahern
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