What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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