There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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