In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Nakata is empty inside. Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That is what scares me the most. ~Haruki Murakami
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart; I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ~Tony Parsons
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I'm a much better mother at 46, than if I were like, 21 or 25. ~Halle Berry
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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