If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English 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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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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If you're "stuck" right now, you're probably into fear. Get out of there. You've already looked both ways. Now cross the street, for heaven sake. The cars have long since gone. The coast is clear. Your only obstacle now is your own mind. ~Neale Donald Walsch
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Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office! ~Laura Ingraham
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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