A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity. ~Nigerian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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