Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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