A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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