Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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We're supposed to be making up this stuff, playing at being in love, not actually being in love. ~Suzanne Collins
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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