Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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I want so much that is not here and do not know where to go. ~Charles Bukowski
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish 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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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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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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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. ~Dan Brown
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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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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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