It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I got into real estate very much by accident. ~Jeff Greene
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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Arguing whether or not a God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over the correct name for God is like fleas arguing over the name of the dog. And arguing over whose notion of God is correct is like fleas arguing over who owns the dog. ~Robert Fulghum
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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I think there's been a big problem between religion, or organized religion, and spirituality. ~Dave Davies
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