Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
#quotes #ze-frank #caring

From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-poverbs #wisdom #motivation

Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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