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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We cannot come to honour under coverlet. ~George Herbert
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan 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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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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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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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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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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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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