Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money. ~Michele Bachmann
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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