Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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There are some public figures who are very private and almost hide behind their work. I try to be as open as possible. ~Moby
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Are we not like two volumes of one book? ~Marceline Desbordes Valmore
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