A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Do bad and remember, do good and forget. ~Algerian Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese 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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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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