Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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You must create your own world. I am responsible for my world. ~Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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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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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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