Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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If Britain was to close down altogether overnight, then China would take up the slack of carbon emissions in two years. If America closed down, just the growth in China's emissions would replace America's emissions in 12 years. ~Christopher Monckton
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. ~Martha Reeves
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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Do not miss your children's childhood. Do not be away 200 nights a year as I was. Do not put strains on your marriage or family. ~Joe Scarborough
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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