One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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