Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn't done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier. ~Edmund Hillary
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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