We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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For me, poetry is always a search for order. ~Elizabeth Jennings
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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