One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Surrender means wisely accommodating ourselves to what is beyond our control. ~Sylvia Boorstein
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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The problem I have with socialist utopias is there's some kind of committees trying to soften outcomes for people. I think that imposes models of outcomes for other people's lives. So in a spiritual sense there's some bit of libertarian in me. But the critical thing for me is moderation. And if you let that go far you do end up with a winner-take-all society that ultimately crushes everybody even worse. ~Jaron Lanier
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~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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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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