If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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I think that's what makes a good rapper. Somebody who wants to push themselves and their audience further. ~Donald Glover
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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