Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. ~Confucius
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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