When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Because with every action, comment, conversation, we have the choice to invite Heaven or Hell to Earth. ~Rob Bell
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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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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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing like the road to rub all the sand out of your soul. ~John Clellon Holmes
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