The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If it's purely autobiographical and ego-driven, it's going to fail. ~Nick Flynn
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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