A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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