You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
#quotes #norbert-of-xanten

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
#quotes #iris-murdoch

Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
#proverbs #roses #complaining

A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
#quotes #rabindranath-tagore #human #leadership

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~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 Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
#quotes #jay-leno #government

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
#quotes #j-r-r-tolkien #love #inspiration #darkness

A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #stupidity

He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #love #home

When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
#quotes #eric-kandel #medicine #disease #alzheimers

Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #courage

An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
#quotes #confucius #anger

Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
#quotes #kool-moe-dee #evil #dream #death

A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #beauty

Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
#quotes #dana-carvey #tabloids

Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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