When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese 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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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Talk to me when I am bored. Be with me when I am sad. Hug me when i cry. Care for me when I am sick. Don't ever cry for me when I die! Just treasure me when I am alive.
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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