The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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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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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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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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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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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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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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