The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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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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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy. ~Hannes Alfven
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~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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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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