A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ~Max Beerbohm
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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