The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel. ~Jimi Hendrix
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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