If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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Right, and the definition of basic stupidity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. I am not stupid. I didn't say to keep doing it. Move forward with purpose. Examine what went wrong and correct that one mistake. ~Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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I try to write like the writers I admire, I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase. So I'm always looking for that angle in my own work. ~Brad Paisley
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish 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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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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