Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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