Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. ~Paul Weyrich
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