Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The term "genre" eventually becomes pejorative because you're referring to something that's so codified and ritualised that it ceases to have the power and meaning it had when it first started. ~Christopher Nolan
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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As a matter of selective necessity, man is an agent. He is, in his own apprehension, a centre of unfolding impulsive activity; "teleological activity." He is an agent seeking in every act the accomplishment of some concrete, objective, impersonal end. By force of being such an agent, he is possessed of a taste for effective work, and a distaste for futile effort. ~Thorstein Veblen
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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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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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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