Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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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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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that. ~Stella McCartney
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! ~Estelle
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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