A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. ~Sallust
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ~William J. H. Boetcker
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I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. ~Cy Twombly
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen 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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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic 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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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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