A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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There's a degree of deception in silence. ~Don Lemon
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Music was what I always wanted to do and I was one of the lucky few to achieve my ambition and earn a living from it for which I'm very grateful. ~Babyface
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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