Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
#quotes #william-cowper #liberty

A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen 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
#quotes #martin-rees #time #human #change

Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
#quotes #amby-burfoot #sports #marathon

One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
#quotes #maya-angelou #smoking #music

We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
#quotes #neil-strauss #childhood #behavior

Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
#message #cute #goodnight

From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Taste refers to the past, imagination to the future. ~Mason Cooley
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I was very young. I thought I knew a lot and I really didn't. I trusted the wrong people. ~Tia Carrere
#quotes #tia-carrere #trust

I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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