A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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