Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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What is to be got at to make the air sweet, the ground good under the feet, can only be got at by failure, trial, again and again and again failure. ~Sherwood Anderson
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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