If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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If I could only have one more day, I could do a great painting. ~Fritz Scholder
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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