God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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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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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese 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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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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