Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish 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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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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Since one Satan is one too many for me, I would not multiply him. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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