The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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