A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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The beautiful are shyer than the ugly, for they move in a world that does not ask for beauty. ~Ned Rorem
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways. ~Ansel Elgort
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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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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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