A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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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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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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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic 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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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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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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We believe. We believe in our destiny as a nation. We believe we have been called to do good, to spread the blessings of liberty and encourage the sense of trust upon which free societies depend. ~Tony Snow
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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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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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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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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese 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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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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