Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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All electoral laws in Europe are more democratic than they are in the United States. ~Peter Camejo
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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