Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. ~Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many people in the western world are spoiled by the conveniences of our culture. ~Joyce Meyer
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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