Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
#proverbs #mind #heart

Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Love is a flower which turns into fruit at marriage. ~Finnish Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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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
#quotes #janet-fitch

He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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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
#quotes #gena-showalter #teenage

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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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #humility #honor

Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs #gossip #stories

He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #weeping

A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar 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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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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