What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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I've done a lot of Shakespeare as a young man; I was involved with Shakespeare and Company. ~Courtney B. Vance
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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