A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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No matter what you do each day; or in life, doing things God's way is a matter of the heart. ~Elizabeth George
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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