Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old; maybe 35, who knows? ~Jose Mourinho
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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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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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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