Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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We need ghost stories because we, in fact, are the ghosts. ~Stephen King
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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I have a terrific marriage, but unlike a lot of relationships where they ebb and flow, no matter what happens you fall deeper and deeper in love every day. It's kind of the best thing that can happen to you. It's thrilling. ~Hugh Jackman
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