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[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.


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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.



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I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.



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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.



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All my skinfolk ain't kinfolk.



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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.



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I love myself when I am laughing. . . and then again when I am looking mean and impressive.



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Bitterness is the coward's revenge on the world for having been hurt.



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