A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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