A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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