All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Theatre is where my heart is. It is where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that is what I want to come back to. ~Kelly Reilly
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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