When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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