Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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It's quite nice to have a place to leave things. You can be a permanent gypsy, but it's nice to go home. ~Daphne Guinness
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone. ~Daniel Keys Moran
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Women in general want to be loved for what they are and men for what they accomplish. ~Theodor Reik
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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