One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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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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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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