He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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