A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese 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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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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