A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Where life plants you, bloom with grace. ~French Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverbs
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers. ~Caleb Cushing
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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