The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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