To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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