When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love? ~Cecelia Ahern
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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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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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