Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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The Korean economic miracle was the result of a clever and pragmatic mixture of market incentives and state direction. ~Ha-Joon Chang
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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