A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today. ~R. A. Salvatore
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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If you plan cities for cars and traffic, you get cars and traffic. If you plan for people and places, you get people and places. ~Fred Kent
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I have resolved never to start an unjust war, but never to end a legitimate one except by defeating my enemies. ~Charles XII of Sweden
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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