A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban 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 ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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