A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~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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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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