Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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proverbiosThe best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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randomWe 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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quotistEven the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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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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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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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
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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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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese 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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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese 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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The fear among economists across the political spectrum was that we were rapidly plummeting toward a second Great Depression. So in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps, largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve. ~Barack Obama
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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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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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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