Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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