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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions because it loves moderation, delights in compromise an is most careful to avoid anger. ~Alexis de Tocqueville
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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proverbiosMan is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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You can almost taste the pressure now. ~Vin Scully
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh 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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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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