If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ~Martha Nibley Beck
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same. ~Barbara Kingsolver
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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