As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English 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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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I'm not married, and I don't have any kids, so sometimes I envy that end of things when I see a family vacation or people at the beach with their kids or at sporting events with their kids; you wonder, "Is that a part of your life that you want to go into?" ~Kevin Connolly
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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