A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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So, we just kind of created our own thing and that is part of the beauty of Athens; is that it is so off the map and there is no way you could ever be the East Village or an L.A. scene or a San Francisco scene, that it just became its own thing. ~Michael Stipe
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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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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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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