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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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen 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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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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