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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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proverbios
Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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quotistDo not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life. ~Joseph Prince
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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