Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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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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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish 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 family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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