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"A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it." - John Keats.

"Wisdoms for inspiration and contemplation."

QUOTES are used in text to indicate the words of another speaker or writer. In speech and written text, quotes can also refer to: nested quotation, quotation inside a quotation; quotation mining, compiling quotations; quoting out of context, a form of fallacy; use-mention distinction and quasi-quotation, the philosophical distinction between mentioning a word and using it to denote a thing or idea.

A PROVERB, (from the Latin proverbium), is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim. If a proverb is distinguished by particularly good phrasing, it may be known as an aphorism.

Proverbs are often borrowed from similar languages and cultures, and sometimes come down to the present through more than one language. Both the Bible (Book of Proverbs) and medieval Latin have played a considerable role in distributing proverbs across Europe, although almost every culture has examples of its own.

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15 MINUTES OF FAME - "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." Andy Warhol (1928-1987).
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955).
A Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose - written by Gertrude Stein in 1913.
GREED IS GOOD! - Gordon Gekko-quote from the movie Wall Street.
DEATH & TAXES - Benjamin Franklin.
I HAVE A DREAM - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968).
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have sex appeal & simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. - French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008).
IF I TELL YOU, I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU - Internet-jargon. Originally quote from the movie Top Gun.
IF YOU CAN THINK IT, I CAN DO IT! - Kim Weiss, Founder of theInternationalMan.com (1949-).
MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY - quote from the movie Reservoir Dogs (1992). Mr. Blonde: "Either he's alive or he's dead, or the cops got him... or they don't. ..... There's two ways you can go on this job: MY WAY OR THE HIGH WAY."
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT - Glossary.
YES, WE CAN! - President of the United States of America Barack Obama (1961-).
YIPPEE-KI-YAY - the greatest one-liner in movie history from the movie Die Hard.

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