If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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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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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ~Louisa May Alcott
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