Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese 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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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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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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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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