Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian 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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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French 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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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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Last night the Moon asked me, ""Why do not you leave your love if she makes you cry?" I looked back at the Moon and replied, "You are so lonely up there by can you leave your Sky?"
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love all those girls the same as they love me. I get thousands of letters a week from girls who love me... Every time I sing a song, I make love to them. I'm a boudoir singer. ~Frank Sinatra
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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While cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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