Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player. ~Anna Kournikova
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese 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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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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