If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish 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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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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