I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good. ~Brad Goreski
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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Music is the eye of the ear. ~Thomas Draxe
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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