Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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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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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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On reflection, Crake said to Frey, as they huddled behind an upturned table, this wasn't one of your better plans. ~Chris Wooding
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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