When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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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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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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