No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way. ~Billy Childish
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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I would like, if I can, to broaden the possibilities of the musical theater. I think there is a better "Oklahoma!" someplace, a better "West Side Story." And I would like to be mixed up in it. ~Richard Rodgers
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You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to. ~Robert H. Schuller
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Here you can be a billionaire, like Mark Zuckerberg rich, but you are going to die and you are here for a while and ultimately all of your stuff is kind of like a rental. ~Henry Rollins
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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