A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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You think you are prepared. You think you have done everything you're supposed to, study hard, work hard, keep yourself out of trouble, and then, whoosh! Something arrives out of the blue that you never saw coming. Something you never even imagined. Something that will knock your little world off its axis. Something that will either change your life for the better, or end it forever. Chaos. ~James Michael
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life. ~Adam Brody
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is good for us to get into the Word, but it is much better for the Word to get into us. ~David J. Stewart
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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