Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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The most lasting and pure gladness comes to me from my gardens. ~Lillie Langtry
#quotes #lillie-langtry #gardening #happiness

Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
#quotes #harvey-mackay #disappointment #hardship

I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
#quotes #derek-jeter #humor

The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
#quotes #richard-owen #nature #charles-darwin

We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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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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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
#quotes #ouida #family #hardship

Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
#quotes #thomas-sowell #nuclear #bombing #terrorism

If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #change

That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right. ~Sean Astin
#quotes #sean-astin #marathon #running #sports #eating