A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I'm always sort of anticipating life being difficult, but on a basic level, that's sort of on the surface, on a basic level, I'm optimistic in the sense that I think it's all going to be alright in the end. ~Emily Mortimer
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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The worthiest man to be known, and for a pattern to be presented to the world, he is the man of whom we have most certain knowledge. He hath been declared and enlightened by the most clear-seeing men that ever were; the testimonies we have of him are in faithfulness and sufficiency most admirable. ~Michel de Montaigne
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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