I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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proverbiosIf you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ~Barbara Jordan
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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