Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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