He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese 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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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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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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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English 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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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch 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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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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