Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Earth to Democrats; displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ~Monica Crowley
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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