A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~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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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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I love emotion. I love being in love. And showing that on screen. I think it's wonderful. ~Dennis Haysbert
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Every step of life shows much caution is required. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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