Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African 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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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Whatever a poet writes with enthusiasm and a divine inspiration is very fine. Earliest reference to the madness or divine inspiration of poets. ~Democritus
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There is a very simple secret to being happy. Just let go of your "demand" on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering. You are arguing with "what is." Your demands keep you chained to the "dream state" of the conditioned mind. The desire to "control" is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake. ~Adyashanti
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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