All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Talk to me when I am bored. Be with me when I am sad. Hug me when i cry. Care for me when I am sick. Don't ever cry for me when I die! Just treasure me when I am alive.
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese 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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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen 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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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. ~Helen Mirren
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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