When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. ~Sigmund Freud
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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