Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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As project chief you are creating a narrative, a story, a good yarn. If you look at the process-journey that way, you and your gang will ... dramatically up the odds of a wow outcome! ~Tom Peters
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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