Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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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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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected. ~Jacki Weaver
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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