God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #humor
Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #law #equality
A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
#quotes #david-swing #literature
Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #age
Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #children #teaching
Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
#quotes #lionel-hampton #music
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