A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible. ~Jacques Derrida
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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