A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Let's do some comedy. I always like to add some comedy to my show. Those who've seen me before might know that. ~Bill Hicks
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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