From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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The invitation to Miss Myra St. Claire's bobbing party spent the morning in his coat pocket, where it had an intense physical affair with a dusty piece of peanut brittle. ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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