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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proverbiosFortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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quotistOffers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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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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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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The history of all times, and of today especially, teaches that, women will be forgotten if they forget to think about themselves. ~Louise Otto-Peters
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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