What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. ~Jerome Bruner
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