Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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I am too pure for you or anyone. ~Sylvia Plath
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland 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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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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We all know from growing up with TV that John Wells shows are usually very large ensembles with amazingly written characters. He tends to redefine the way stories are told in a specific genre, whether it's "China Beach," "The West Wing," or "E.R." ~Michael Cudlitz
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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