There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English 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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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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Certainly my parents were a huge influence. They always expected the most out of all of us. And expected us to do our very best. I'm thankful to them for allowing me to do what I wanted to do. ~Laurel Clark
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I hate when people think you're broken because your parents are divorced. And I really reject the idea of staying together for the kids. If they're growing up in a house that's not healthy, it's better to know that's not the model of what marriage should be. ~Anna Kendrick
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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