The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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