You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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