To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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