Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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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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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Goal setting will never stop. I will continue to work hard and practice hard and see where things go. ~Zach Johnson
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
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I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this. ~Jensen Ackles
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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