Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Your constant utilization of thought to give continuity to your separate self is you. There is nothing there inside you other than that. ~U.G. Krishnamurti
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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