It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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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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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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