A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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What has commonly been called rebellion has more often been nothing but a manly and glorious struggle in opposition to the lawless power of rebellious kings and princes. ~Samuel Adams
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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