Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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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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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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I don't think that I could ever be a strict dad. I never grew up with anybody strict in my life. I'm not saying I'm a role model by any means or anything. I think the fact that I wasn't told what not to do all the time - my spirit kind of told me things that I shouldn't. I got to develop on my own. It's part of your common sense. ~Randy Houser
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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