Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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We are supernaturalists first, not naturalists. The only reason we feel compelled to accommodate science is that science says we ought to. But it is science that should accommodate revelation. Revelation has been around much longer. ~Matt Chandler
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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