What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~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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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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