Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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