A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. ~Proverb
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