Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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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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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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