With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~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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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian 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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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish 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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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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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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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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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian 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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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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