When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish 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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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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I've never had a bank account in Switzerland since 1984. Why would the Swiss do this to me? Maybe the Swiss are trying to divert attention from the Holocaust gold scandal. ~Benazir Bhutto
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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We are all human beings, immigrant or non-immigrant. We all feel fear. We all love and become confused when we don't act as well as we would like to. We all get depressed and have feelings of uselessness. All of these things are true and have always been true. ~Akhil Sharma
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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