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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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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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family. ~Townsend Harris
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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