If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Well, you have to keep your faith in the fact that there are a lot of intelligent people who are actively looking for something interesting, people who have been disappointed so many times. ~Richard Linklater
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Piano keys jangled as he got to his feet. "Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?" "Nobody. I woke up on my own." "Was there anyone with you? ~Cassandra Clare
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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I remember being fascinated by ants and wasps and other bugs when I was a kid. I'd set out a Coke can and stand back 20 feet and use my telescope to watch wasps land on it. ~Paul McEuen
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