The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English 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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One thing about golf is you don't know why you play bad and why you play good. ~George Archer
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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I have never seen a homeless guy with a bottle of Gatorade. ~George Carlin
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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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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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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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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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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~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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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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