A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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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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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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