Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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I really believed that the priests were acquainted with my thoughts; and often stood in great awe of them. They often told me they had power to strike me dead at any moment. ~Maria Monk
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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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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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