In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message. ~James Patterson
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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