God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
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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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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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