Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease. ~David Hyde Pierce
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Percy is the most powerful demigod I've ever met. No offense to you guys but it's true. ~Rick Riordan
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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I think we were colonized by aliens 250,000 years ago, and they genetically altered our DNA to be primates into homo erectus and humans. I'm very interested in how we evolved so suddenly, which obviously ties in with the alien thing. ~Al Jourgensen
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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