Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~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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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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