"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

Heart, Absence, Mind, Sight

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"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

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"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

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"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."

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"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

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"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

Osho, Indian Philosopher

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"It is the state of the heart within us that determines the nature of the triggers we will pull outside of us."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"The beauty of one's life would never seize to fade away the moment hate settles in one's heart."

Edmond Mbiaka, American Author

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Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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"I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe."

"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."

"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

"If you are going to do something wrong at least enjoy it."

"Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented."

"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."

"Satire is focused bitterness."

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"Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."

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"Your heart is the gateway to the divine."

"It is the state of the heart within us that determines the nature of the triggers we will pull outside of us."

"The funny thing about the heart is a soft heart is a strong heart, and a hard heart is a weak heart."

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart."

"The beauty of one's life would never seize to fade away the moment hate settles in one's heart."

"It is the heart always that sees, before the head can see."

"Aphrodite: Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.Percy: But... I don't know where it's going. My heart, I mean."