A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosSilence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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I adore clothes, they're my weakest link! My mother was the same, and she taught me always to look polished. ~Anne Robinson
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quotistA man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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