If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosA man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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quotistAll human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can. ~George E. Allen
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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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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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