A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as her mother repeatedly warned her, it owed her a break. She had a strong sense that a better, more exciting, more rewarding life than that which had been the lot of her parents and grandparents was hers by right. In this she was guilty of nothing more serious than the arrogance of youth, from which every generation suffers and by which it distinguishes itself from the preceding one. ~James Robertson
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True celebration should come from your life, in your life. And true celebration cannot be according to the calendar, that on the first of November you will celebrate. Strange, the whole year you are miserable and on the first of November suddenly you come out of misery, dancing. Either, the misery is false, or the first of November is false; both cannot be true. And once the first of November has gone, you are back in your dark hole, everybody in his misery, everybody in his anxiety. ~Rajneesh
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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People love to hate other people. ~Kid Rock
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Brilliant. A very funny and concise explanation of why we men are as we are. If you are male, you should read it and then make your partner read it, so they will no longer hate you but pity you instead. ~Harry Enfield
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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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For me, life is about enjoying yourself because you only live once. We should try to make the most of things and follow our dreams. ~Heidi Klum
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