Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming. ~Leonardo DiCaprio
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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